Kenyan, Tanzanian, Indian or British? New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak To Become First non-white as he is all Britain, Asian and African.

By Machuki Dennson

Rishi Sunak will be the UK’s next prime minister after Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the Tory leadership race in the final minutes before nominations closed.

Moudaunt could not garner 100 nominations by the Conservative party members as of the deadline time 2pm UK’s time to enable him to contest.

Sunak will succeed Liz Truss seven weeks after she defeated him in the previous Tory contest. The ex-chancellor gained the support of well over half of Tory MPs, with Mordaunt struggling to reach the threshold of 100 MPs to get on the ballot.

He will become the UK’s first British Asian PM and at 42, the youngest in more than a century. Labour have reiterated their call for a general election, as have the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats.

Sunak will be claimed by both Tanzania and Kenya then India. This is because his father is believed to be a Kenyan born while his mother was born Tanzania. His grandparents are said to be Indian in Asia.

Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross has congratulated Rishi Sunak on becoming the new Conservative party leader and prime minister, stating that he is “uniquely well equipped for the task”. Ross says: “Our country – like others around the world – faces tough economic challenges.

“Against that backdrop, it’s important that we have someone at the helm with a proven track record in running the nation’s finances, who can provide economic stability and reassurance to the markets.”

He said recent weeks had been “difficult and unsettling” for the party and the country, and that all the focus must now be on “bringing the nation together and navigating through the tough economic conditions we face.”

Rishi will now take over from Liz Truss who resigned last week just after 45 days in office due to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party obliterated her authority.